Model observer detectability as a substitute for contrast detail analysis in routine digital mammography quality control

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 8668, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Salvagnini, Elena ^a,b   Lemmens, Kim ^a   Bosmans, Hilde ^a   Struelens, Lara ^b   Marshall, Nicholas W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Contrast detail analysis; Detectability index; FFDM; Mean glandular dose; Quality control

Indexed keywords

COMPUTED RADIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST DETAIL ANALYSIS; DETECTABILITY INDEX; DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY; FFDM; INTEGRATED DETECTORS; MEAN GLANDULAR DOSE; PEARSON CORRELATION;

CORRELATION METHODS; GOLD; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL IMAGING; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; STATISTICAL TESTS;

IMAGE QUALITY;

EID: 84878323870     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.2002408     Document Type: Conference Paper

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